FactoryBot.define do factory :'ticket/article', aliases: %i[ticket_article] do transient do type_name { 'email' } sender_name { 'Customer' } end association :ticket, strategy: :create # or else build(:ticket_article).save fails from { 'factory-customer-1@example.com' } to { 'factory-customer-1@example.com' } subject { 'factory article' } message_id { 'factory@id_com_1' } body { 'some message 123' } internal { false } sender { Ticket::Article::Sender.find_by(name: sender_name) } type { Ticket::Article::Type.find_by(name: type_name) } updated_by_id { 1 } created_by_id { 1 } factory :twitter_article do transient do type_name { 'twitter status' } end association :ticket, factory: :twitter_ticket body { Faker::Lorem.sentence } end end end